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The journey of a fair trade coffee bean

Brits are renowned as tea drinkers. But it seems as if Brits have been having a secret love affair with coffee. The British Coffee Association (BSA) recently revealed that Britain as a nation are being swayed by coffee more so than tea. In fact they highlighted that coffee consumption in Britain has increased from 70 million cups a day in 2008 to 95 million cups a day in 2018.

With coffee beans not grown in the UK it takes a lot of effort to get them here to satisfy the nation's love of coffee.

The journey of a coffee bean is a long one with the journey of a fair trade coffee bean being more varied and wonderful. In fact the journey of a coffee bean depends on which farm it cam from, the grower of the bean and how it was processed.

How to Encourage Eco-Friendly Practices in Your Home

As people we are becoming more and more aware of how important it is to take good care of this world around us. This means looking at our everyday lives and seeing if there are things that we could to better to protect the environment, use less resources and just generally be much more eco-friendly.

One great place to start on your eco-aware journey is at home. Whilst you may think that this only has a small impact, if everyone made this small impact, then it would come together to make a pretty big, pretty impressive result.

The future is electric - reasons to switch to an electric car

The world we live in is forever changing. New products and ways of life are continually being unveiled,changes that promise to overhaul and improve our lives. Old products and lifestyles are improved or scrapped in the hope of a better life. As we see great changes with the lifestyle of today being worlds apart from the lifestyle 50 years ago, heck even a decade ago, we have to adjust to our dynamic and developing world that is continually changing.

One industry that has had big changes in the past few decades and presently has ever-changing developments that will change our future is the automotive industry. Changes we have seen in the past years include leaded petrol being phased out, safety measures such as increased amount of airbags and anti-lock braking system and new technology such as smart keys, rear view cameras and car sensors. One of the biggest changes in the automotive industry in the past few years is the development and introduction of electric cars. As electric cars are becoming more prominent, so much so that NewMotion charging stations are popping up all across the UK, it seems as if the future of the automotive industry is electric.

So what are the benefits of an electric car? Why switch to electric?